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2009 Indian general election in Bihar

The 2009 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 40 seats with the state going to polls in the first four phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Indian National Congress and the Fourth Front. NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the fourth front was constituted of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
← 2004 April–May 2009 2014 →
40 seats
Turnout44.47%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar Radha Mohan Singh Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA Fourth Front
Leader's seat Did not contest Purvi Champaran (won) Saran (won), Pataliputra (lost)
Last election 6 5 22
Seats won 20 12 4
Seat change Increase 14 Increase 7 Decrease 18
Percentage 24.04% 13.93% 19.30%
Swing Increase 1.68% Decrease 0.64% Decrease 11.37%

The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, where the NDA won this state in a landslide securing 32 out of 40 seats. The victory is mostly credited to the work of Nitish Kumar and JD(U), and this is the only state where the NDA has had the most success since, they were defeated by Congress and allies, in all the other states, leading to their heavy losses for the NDA in the election.

After disagreement with the UPA on seat sharing, Lalu Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal joined hands with Lok Janshakti Party and Ram Vilas Paswan, and joined the Fourth Front, with Samajwadi Party. This move proved to be disastrous, since LJP couldn't win a single seat, and RJD were reduced to 4 seats in the Lok Sabha. After the election Laloo Prasad Yadav, admitted that it was a mistake to leave the UPA, and gave unconditional support to Manmohan Singh and the newly formed UPA government.

Voting and results

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Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Results by Alliance

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32 4 2 2
NDA Fourth Front UPA Others
 
Map displaying constituencies won by Alliances
NDA NDA Fourth Front SEATS OTHERS SEATS
JD(U) 20 RJD 4 INC 2
BJP 12 LJP 0 IND 2
TOTAL (2009) 32 TOTAL (2009) 4 TOTAL (2009) 4
TOTAL (2004) 11 TOTAL (2004) 26* TOTAL (2004) 3
  • Since the Fourth front did not exist in 2004, the results in 2004 represents seats won by RJD and LJP in Fourth Front.

List of Elected MPs

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No. Name Turnout% Candidate Party Margin
1 Valmiki Nagar 46.99 Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United) 1,83,675
2 Paschim Champaran 42.22 Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 47,343
3 Purvi Champaran 40.61 Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 79,290
4 Sheohar 45.15 Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party 1,25,684
5 Sitamarhi 42.54 Arjun Rai Janata Dal (United) 1,10,566
6 Madhubani 39.83 Hukmdev Narayan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 9,927
7 Jhanjharpur 42.84 Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United) 72,709
8 Supaul 54.52 Vishwa Mohan Kumar Janata Dal (United) 1,66,075
9 Araria 55.71 Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 22,502
10 Kishanganj 52.84 Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress 80,269
11 Katihar 56.95 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 14,015
12 Purnia 53.99 Uday Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 1,86,227
13 Madhepura 50.15 Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 1,77,621
14 Darbhanga 41.75 Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party 46,453
15 Muzaffarpur 46.41 Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United) 47,809
16 Vaishali 48.86 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 22,308
17 Gopalganj (SC) 37.40 Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United) 42,472
18 Siwan 50.05 Om Prakash Yadav Independent 63,430
19 Maharajganj 45.70 Umashanker Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,797
20 Saran 45.81 Lalu Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 51,815
21 Hajipur (SC) 41.83 Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United) 37,954
22 Ujiarpur 45.89 Ashwamedh Devi Janata Dal (United) 25,312
23 Samastipur (SC) 44.54 Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United) 1,04,376
24 Begusarai 48.75 Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United) 40,837
25 Khagaria 46.54 Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 1,38,755
26 Bhagalpur 43.89 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party 55,811
27 Banka 48.74 Digvijay Singh Independent 28,716
28 Munger 41.65 Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) 1,89,361
29 Nalanda 33.05 Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United) 1,52,677
30 Patna Sahib 33.64 Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party 1,66,770
31 Pataliputra 41.17 Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 23,541
32 Arrah 35.78 Meena Singh Janata Dal (United) 74,720
33 Buxar 46.51 Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,238
34 Sasaram (SC) 42.70 Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 42,954
35 Karakat 41.61 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United) 20,483
36 Jahanabad 46.93 Jagdish Sharma Janata Dal (United) 21,327
37 Aurangabad 43.47 Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 72,058
38 Gaya (SC) 42.45 Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party 62,453
39 Nawada 41.62 Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 34,917
40 Jamui (SC) 38.13 Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United) 29,797

Bye-elections

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No. Constituency Elected M.P Party
27 Banka Putul Kumari (Elected in bypoll 2010) Independent
19 Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh (Elected in bypoll 2013) Rashtriya Janata Dal

References

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  1. ^ http://eci.nic.in/ [not specific enough to verify]
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